extensile
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The only other North American birds that have a tongue built upon this plan are the hummingbirds, in which also it is extensile.
From The Woodpeckers by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm
The object of this extensile head is seen when one finds the larvae feeding upon the fruits or the seed-pods of its various food plants—hawthorn, hop, hound's-tongue, and St. John's-wort.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
There are no teeth; and although the tongue is long and worm-like, it is not extensile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various
It has an excessively long, slender muzzle, and a worm-like, extensile tongue.
From Oregon and Eldorado or, Romance of the Rivers by Thomas Bulfinch
The strong claws make a hole in the side of the ant-hill, and the insects are collected on the extensile tongue.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
